Shirt-button.



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APPLIUATIOI FILED JUNE 4, 1908.

" 911,880. Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

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(Ear/e 5 1? Jdco 5 CHARLES R. JACOBS, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHIRT-BUTTON. i

Specification of Letters Patent.

I Application filed June 4, 1908. Serial No. 436,658.

Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES R. JAooBs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shirt-Buttons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in shirt buttons, and particularlyto collar but tons, and it has for its object the provision of a button which will be effectively retained in the button hole, after the latter has become enlarged from any cause.

The improvements are embodied in the construction, arrangement and relationship of parts shown in the annexed drawings,

which illustrate an embodiment of the invention in the best form now contemplated by me, though it is recognized that mechanical changes may be made in such construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the generalnature or spirit of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Of the said drawings, Figure 1 is aside elevation showing the loop in raised position. Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the retaining loop as thrown forward over the button. Fig. 4

is a View similar to Fig. 3, but showing the locking plate in position to permit the movement .of the loop. Fig. 5 is a transverse section taken on the line 55 of Fig. 3.

Similar characters of reference designate similar parts or features wherever they occur.

In the drawings, l-designates the elongated base-plate, to one end of which the lower end of the shank 2 of the button is secured, the head 3 of the latter being spring-pivoted on the outer end of'the shank as is usual, so that preparatory to inserting the button in the buttonhole of the neck-band of the shirt, the head may be tipped over at a right angle to the plane of the baseplate, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4.

To the opposite end of the base-plate, the lower end of the retaining loop 4 is hinged, as shown, so that its free end may. be thrown over the head 3, when the latter is tipped edgewise on its stud, with respect to the base-plate, as is indicated in Figs. 1, 2 and 4. hen the head 3 is moved back in parallelism with the plane of the base-plate, the retaining-loop will keep the button from being lost or accidentally pulled out of the buttonhole in the neck-band, it being understood that the latter (which is not shown in the drawings) intervenes between the base-plate and retaining loop, keeping the retaining-loop in contact with the inner surface of the head. i

The loop 4 has secured thereto a trans- Versely-disposed clip 5 which carries a rotatable locking plate 6 mounted upon a pin 7 set into the body portion of the clip. This plate has formed in its edge an inwardly-extendingnotch 8, the mounting of said plate permitting the notch to be moved into and out of alinement with the head 3 when the latter has been moved into vertical position. In such position, the edge or rim of the head may extend into the notch, as shown in Fig. 4 allowing the loop to be thrown over said head. The ends of the clip above referred to are bent around the legs of the loop.

When the parts have been moved into the osition illustrated in the last mentioned igure, the head 3 will be tipped back into parallelism with the base-plate, and the locking-plate 6 will be turned on its stud 7, so as to bring the notch 8 to one side of the device as shown in Fig. 3, thus holding the button against detachment from the buttonhole of the garment.

To detach the button from the garment, the locking-plate will be turned back to the position shown in Fig. 4, whereupon the retaining-loop may be swung outwardly into the position indicated in Fig. 1.

What is claimed is:

1. A collar-button comprising a baseplate, a shank secured to the base-plate and a head pivoted to the free end of the shank, a retaining-loop hinged to one end of the base-plate and adapted to be thrown over the head of the button, a clip connected with the retaining-loop, and a rotatable lockingplate carried by said clip and adapted to be moved between the button head and the retaining-loop after the latter shall have been thrown over the button head.

2. A collar-button, comprising a baseplate, a shank secured to the base-plate and I head and the retaining-loop after the latter a head pivoted to the free end of the shank, shall have been thrown over the button head. 10 a retaining-100p hinged at one end to the In testimony whereof, I atiix my signm base-plate and adapted to be thrown over ture, in presence of two witnesses.

the head of the button, a clip connected with CHARLES R. JA COBS.

the retaining-loop, and a notched locking- Vitnesees: plate rotatably mounted upon said clip and 1 NM. M. RANDOLPH,

adapted. for movement between the button ROBERT E. BELL. 

